Psychological
projection or projection
bias is a psychological defense
mechanism where a person subconsciously denies
his or her own attributes, thoughts, and emotions, which are then
ascribed to the outside world, usually to other people. Thus,
projection involves imagining or projecting
the belief that others originate those feelings.[1]Projection reduces anxiety
by allowing the expression of the unwanted unconscious impulses or
desires without letting the conscious mind recognize them.An example of this behavior might be blaming
another for self failure. The mind may avoid the discomfort of
consciously admitting personal faults by keeping those feelings
unconscious, and by redirecting libidinal satisfaction by attaching,
or "projecting," those same faults onto another person or
object.The
theory was developed by Sigmund
Freud - in his letters to Wilhelm
Fliess, '"Draft H"
deals with projection as a mechanism of defence'[2]
- and further refined by his daughter Anna
Freud; for this reason, it is sometimes referred to as Freudian
Projection.[3]

The new Manchester site,
theduchesscyberbullyingandstalkinghel.blogspot.com, partially
plagiarized without attribution, and partially written by Laura
Montagu, is larded with examples of psychological projection. These
also include attempts to recharacterize objective reporting of facts
as 'stalking.'

The facts need no excuse and make no
apology. The truth may be ugly but in the tradition of the First
Amendment it need not be defended because the truth is its own
defense.

The Facts

On November 19, 2011, I wrote a
declaration for the FBI on the stalking, threats and harassment then
being carried out by Alex and Laura Montagu. Others were also
involved but this was not yet clear to me.

I was then driving from California to
Ohio at the request of Rayelan, the owner and operation of Rumor Mill
News. Her health was bad and she needed help. My disabled son,
Arthur, was with me along with his cat, Meow-Meow.

Because I am nearly blind and only able
to drive during daylight hours the trip took three weeks.

I will use the declaration to show what
was happening at the time and then add to it.

“Declaration,
November 19, 2011

Melinda
Pillsbury-Foster

I, Melinda Pillsbury-Foster, declare
the following to be a true and accurate account of events and not
intended to deceive.

I am a journalist who is published
and writes for the Lone Star Iconoclast in Crawford, Texas and who
also does other free-lance work and other writing projects, working
entirely from my home as I am full time caretaker for my son, Arthur,
who is completely disabled. I am, myself, legally disabled.

On or around August 25, 2011, I was
introduced to Laura, the wife of Alex Montagu, styled the Duke of
Manchester, by Raye Smith (DBA Rayelan Allan), for the purpose of
writing a book. I had no knowledge of either husband or wife prior to
that time. I have known Ms. Smith for a number of years. Ms. Smith
told me at the outset the Duke was short of money but could be
trusted to ensure I was compensated for my work when the funds became
available. I agreed to work on that expectation. This was affirmed by
the Duke, who expressed his gratitude.

I was asked to introduce
the Duke to Ilene Proctor, http://ileneproctor.com/. I did so. I
have worked with Ms. Proctor over the years writing reviews for books
and on other projects. The Duke was hoping Ms. Proctor could find a
publisher for the book he wanted me to write on his life. I was asked
to write the book and began doing interviews of the Duke and Laura
and others, suggested by them.

The Duke asked me to take
notes whenever we talked, even if I was not formally interviewing
him. I generally did so, but the conversations became highly
repetitive. I also spent even more time on the phone with his wife,
Laura. The conversations were generally about her cats, the
Manchester estates and funds which they could not access, and the
jewelry, which was not available to them, or on her personal life and
prior love interests. Laura began drinking about the time the Duke
went to bed and from that point on became increasingly loquacious and
incoherent on a regular basis.

Neither of the Montagus
expressed interest in anything but their own personal affairs. Since
the relationship was professional I accepted this as a matter of
course. Taking notes and researching the background of the title and
family continued to be my focus as I put up a website for them. This
was to be used to refute charges of bigamy leveled against the Duke
and to allow him to carry out his stated goal, to do good in the
world with the money he would have when the Manchester Trusts were
broken and the funds therein were in his possession.

Articles about the
scandals attributed to the Duke have come thick and fast over the
last months. These articles have reiterated the charges of bigamy,
stated as fact he was jailed for fraud in Australia, stealing cars
and reselling them, and additional newer stories which, if true, are
shocking revelations about his children and family life. These are
the three most recent articles, containing these charges.

“At the time I believed the Duke
was an honest man who had been badly treated by nearly everyone in
his life. Now, the jury is out. The lies which are contained in his
recent emails document a willingness to spin and restructure
documentable facts.

I began outlining first a book,
which I was asked to change to a series of articles. The project on
which I was asked to spend my time was then shifted to the sale of
video tapes which Manchester had made of Michael Jackson some years
before. I have never, to date, seen these tapes and have never had
them in my possession.

Over a two month period I wrote copy
to produce a sale, which was to be carried out by Ilene Proctor.
Working without seeing the material presented significant
difficulties, as I was forced to interview the Duke on the content
and he is not an able communicator, necessitating repeated and
detailed questioning on my part to elicit the required information.
It is probable the psychotropic drugs he takes daily, or sometimes
the lack of such drugs, was, in part, responsible for this inability
to convey information but his admitted dyslexia could also be, in
part, responsible. Getting technical details, for instance the length
of segments of video, place taken, type of film, and dates proved to
be nearly impossible.

Over this period the Duke expressed
lavish thanks for the work done and began telling both myself and
Raye he considered us to be members of his family. He was verbally
effusive and his promises for compensation increased along with such
demands as having us live either with him or close enough so he could
'watch over us.' This was rather creepy.

I had persuaded a disbarred
attorney, Charles Lincoln, who, none the less, has an earned degree
from the University of Chicago. School of Law and a Ph. D. in
Anthropology from Harvard, to produce contracts and do research on
intellectual property rights sales, promising, after checking with
the Duke, he would be paid for work done. The contracts were
essential to the sales but the Duke could not afford any outlay of
funds for any purpose, telling us he was applying for a job, first at
ATT and then at Target or Walmart. When the contract for services for
the sale of the Michael Jackson tape were produced he asked us to
trust him to ensure we would be paid.

In early October the Duke became
agitated and angry with Ilene Proctor and fired her after she began
to insist a contract be signed for her, specifically.

In mid-October the Duke again became
agitated when his wife, Laura, told him the Michael Jackson tape was
lost. He accused her of stealing it and told us he was going to call
the police. Laura had left the apartment but was calling both myself
and Ray, making accusations of having been abused. Neither of us had
heard any sign of this taking place but suggested various places she
could go and attempted to find a place where she could stay with
friends of ours.

However, it was obvious that if the
tapes were missing the only person who could have taken them was
Laura.

When the police arrived, I was told
by both Raye and the Duke, Raye was on the phone to the Duke. The
Duke, who had admitted the police, asked she talk to an officer.
While she was on the phone with them there was a knock at the door
and the Michael Jackson tape was leaning against the door, according
to the Duke, and by what Raye was told by the police then present.

Over the next several days the Duke,
again asking me to take notes, told me, providing references, that
Laura was a former prostitute who still worked regularly in Las
Vegas. He provided details which included the individuals who had
broken this news to him. As the Duke went through Laura's
possessions, left in the apartment, he reported to me finding papers
she had told him he had lost and women's clothing he had never seen,
tags still on, which he said had been stolen. He told me Laura was
addicted to shop lifting, used multiple social security numbers and
alternate identities. These statements were also made separately to
Raye. He told me he would send references, which were not
forthcoming, but his statements were credible to me because of
remarks made by Laura directly to me previously regarding the
irrelevancy of shoplifting laws along with her obvious her sense of
entitlement and odd stories told regarding her career in Los Angeles.

The sale of the tape was progressing
through these events but had stalled through objections made by Laura
prior to the disappearance of the tape. Raye then mentioned to me
having found a buyer, a major Hollywood producer. That sale also
failed because Laura objected to the buyer for reasons which were
completely irrational.

The presentation package was
complete except for inclusion of stills. Clips also remained to be
made. A request document, to be faxed by possible major media buyers,
was ready to go out. This protective document had been produced by
Lincoln. Raye paid for all the costs and also for the divorce the
Duke insisted on filing against his wife as the Duke continuously
claimed he had no money.”

Raye started a FedEx account so the
Duke could send the tapes to her to be processed and the clips and
stills produced. All documentation of transport and the source of
these funds is in Raye's possession along with emails authorizing the
processing to go forward.

When the tapes were received,
several days late, because the Duke failed to send them for next day
delivery, Raye spent 59 hours and $200 for the purchase of programs
to produce the needed clips and stills.

The Duke had no idea of the format
in which his own tapes had been made.

During this time Raye paid for the
Duke's prescription of psychotropic drugs, again at his request. He
told us his psychiatrist was unwilling to work with him unless and
until he divorced Laura. He also requested we talk to his
psychiatrist, which we attempted to do. Alex told us he had sent a
fax giving permission. The receptionist told us it had not been
received. The contradictions in his statements, plus evidence of
continued irrationality toward the end of this period gave both of us
pause.

Up to this point my relations with
the Duke were friendly and we talked on the phone, mostly regarding
the tapes and what needed to be done, several times a day. He had
purchased a used car and decided he would come to meet me as my
residence is located in the national forest in California because he
wanted to 'get away.' I was reluctant, but agreed to the visit,
persuaded by Raye. The Duke wanted me to put up a commercial site for
him to produce income from the sale of military supplies, which was
what I was to be working on while he was vacationing at my home. He
also asked me to set up an email for the url I purchased for him at
his request. He told me what his specific dietary needs were and I
assured him acceptable food would be available. There was nothing
social about the planned visit.

The Duke had told both myself and
Raye he had only one for two feet of intestine, and so required soft
food which was fairly bland.

Our last conversation took place
around October 23rd when he called to tell me he was delayed due to
car problems but would be there the next day. He never arrived. Raye
then contacted me to say she had received an email from the Duke and
he was pulling back on the sale of the tapes.

I then received an email from Laura
which resulted in an exchange of emails between us where, as I now
felt free to express myself, she obviously resented. Copies of the
emails are available and can be obtained by request. These will soon
be up on a website.

Neither Raye or myself have ever
talked to the Duke again. Of myself and Raye, I was the last to speak
to him over the phone. Our intention, when initially discovering he
was going forward with the project without paying us, was to file in
small claims court for the maximum, which was over the number of
hours spent on his project but under what we are owed.

I made one or two attempts to
contact the Duke. His numbers were changed.

Calculating the hours spent putting
up the website and material for the tape sale I was owed $12,540 for
work done. Raye is owed $15,200 on the same Michael Jackson tape
project. Additionally, she intended to file for the loans made to the
Montagus in a separate motion. I did not charge for the interviews as
I will be using them for articles now planned. We deemed this to be
the appropriate avenue to obtain compensation for work requested and
then not paid.

Both Raye and myself had spent
hundreds of hours on the phone with the two of them and deferred
other projects, suffering losses at their request and with their
knowledge.

Soon, I was receiving hostile and
angry emails purportedly from the Duke, and forwarded emails from
Charles Lincoln, who forwarded without comment emails from the Duke,
filled with slanders and lies about me. These included my having
published slanders about the Duke and or Laura. A Google search shows
I published nothing about either of them. I never had any materials
except interviews, which were for publication and for which the Duke
refused to sign any agreement, releasing me from any limitation for
their use.”

PUBLICATION OF ARTICLES ON THE
MONTAGUES CHANGED ONLY IN JANUARY, FOR CAUSE.

“Raye returned the original tape,
at her own expense, to Alan Kidd, who the Duke trusted. She felt this
step was necessary because she did not want to be accused of having
not sent it and Kidd is a known and respectable individual living in
San Diego to whom, she understood, the Duke had given a power of
attorney. The Duke directly told her Kidd had custody of other tapes,
kept in a temperature controlled environment.

From these emails I learned Laura
and Alex were contacting my family and business associates, telling
slanderous stories about me. The Duke claimed I was a criminal, he
positively stated there were active warrants against me, and he had
been deputized by the FBI to arrest me on sight and use lethal force
to do so while refusing to provide details of any charges. He gave
the name of Gregory Coleman, who research showed to be the name of a
real FBI agent out of New York, as having authorized the arrest.

The packet of 'research' they had
compiled from the internet was completely about a run in I had with
an individual who called himself Karl W. B Schwarz in 2004 – 2005
who also slandered and libeled me and who became silent after I
published an article titled, “Dumb,
Unscrupulous, and Debauched,” on December 26, 2008, about
him. Schwarz attempted to harass me again by posting comments about
these previous events below an article I had written on a completely
unrelated subject.

Schwarz was researched thoroughly by
Gina di Miranda in an article titled, “Unfortunate
Son,” in 2005. The di Miranda article was completed and
published online around 05.Jun.2005.

Harassment by the Duke and Laura
continued, if anything increasing, as more people were contacted.

On Thursday, November 17th I
contacted the FBI myself asking if they deputize non-governmentalindividuals for this purpose. I asked as a journalist, providing
my name and the paper for which I write. A copy of the email was sent
to my editor, W. Leon Smith of the Iconoclast in Texas. The
answer was no, they do not deputize.

My next query was to give them the
identify of the individuals involved, Alexander, Duke of Manchester
and Laura, his wife, with his contact information.

I asked Lincoln why he had not done
this himself, instead resending these charges, as forwards, to my
friends and business associates, further spreading the slanders. To
date, I have received no reasonable answer.

The Duke of Manchester has stated
that he calls Raye and claims she does not answer. However, Raye has
a Vonage number and a cell phone number. These make a record of all
calling numbers. The line makes transcripts of all calls. Neither I
or Raye has received a call from the Duke since late October.

To date, Raye is still paying for a
ducal storage unit in Michigan, which payment began at Laura's
pleadings of poverty.

Those contacted include political
figures who were subjects for articles I was writing, law enforcement
agencies, other governmental agencies, and potential business
contacts as well as friends and family. Threats include having
disability payments to my son ended. I have retained counsel for the
purpose of suing for slander, libel and other possible torts.

Signed, Sunday, November 20, 2011

Melinda Pillsbury-Foster esignature”

The Facts and Story
Continue

When I finally arrived in Ohio, after
Thanksgiving 2011, I immediately began untangling the problems Raye
was encountering there. During the previous weeks I had been
slandered, harassed, threatened, and otherwise outraged, experiencing
all of the traumas listed by Laura on her highly projective website.

“changes in sleeping and
eating patterns

nightmares

hypervigilance

anxiety

helplessness

fear for safety

shock and disbelief”

I was a victim not only of cyber stalking but of slanders carried
out by Laura and Alex Montagu through contacts made to my family and
professional associates. The only fraud involved was perpetrated
against me by the Manchesters. Additionally, I was exhausted from
three weeks of travel and faced further, immediate issues in
assisting Raye.
I hoped at this point they would simply stop and move on. This
was not to be.

After it became clear Montagu had no
intention of paying, I had locked them out of the site I had built.
They had written not one line of the text but promised to pay, always
expressing their lavish gratitude for my patience.

I soon became aware they had persuaded
Yola to turn the site over to them. Yola had not contacted me. The
site was separate from the 45 other sites I had hosted on Yola.
Since I was traveling, on my way to Montana to write an article, and
then on to Ohio, Raye and I agreed we might eventually sue them in
small claims court. We put the matter on the back burner. It was,
afterall, really a business matter gone wrong and nothing more at
that time. This was our attitude before the personal assaults began.

Yola sites are free to the user. But
the content must be added. It was for the content which the
Manchesters had not paid.

On October 26, 2011 I had routinely
renewed my Silver Bundle for premium services from Yola, Inc. Payment
was made through PayPal, using my credit card, which was billed
$49.95 USD.

I had had an account with Yola, Inc.
several years before it had changed its name from synthasite. At the
time I started my account there was no limitation on the number of
sites you could start using your free membership. In this way I
accumulated 45 sites, most of them active, by the time a limit of 25
sites had been set several years previously. None of the sites
contained sexual content or any other materials which failed to
follow the guidelines for ethical journalism set by the Society for
Professional Journalists.

The most developed site,
acpillsburyfoundation.org, was constructed for educational purposes
and to sell prints of photographs by my grandfather, Arthur C.
Pillsbury. After many months of work I was preparing a showing which
was to include a video and historical treatment of the technical
transition of photography. Arthur Pillsbury's work in lantern slides
advanced this area of technology significantly. They are still
admired for their beauty. We planned to sell prints of these images.

On December 13, 2011, now temporarily
located in Ohio, I received a refund for my previous payment for
Silver Bundle services from Yola, Inc. This was the first
communication I ever received from Yola. I was puzzled and
immediately contacted Yola support.

I immediately found a phone number for
Yola and called their support,writing a letter the same day. (see
below)

“I received an email from one of you, I was told by the
gentleman I talked to in South Africa, there are three ladies who
handle complaints of 'abuse.' I contacted support regarding
your email as, in my experience, most systems send responses to Never
- Neverland. I had never actually talked to anyone at Yola
before so it was interesting to hear a voice.

I was
waiting to hear through support, assuming all of you were busy.
This morning my silver package was refunded so I started looking for
the phone number mentioned above.

The site in question,
Greedville.biz, has been up for a number of years. No changes
or additions have been made for some time prior to you having removed
it from the web. If you look at the documentation provided you
will see legal papers, emails, and affidavits which affirm, in
accordance with journalistic practices, every statement made.
Some is in first person as I am reporting events from my own life.

My writing on the subject of psychopathy is published
elsewhere.

Please tell me why you took the site down and
refunded my Silver Package, which I would like reinstated and for
which I am very willing to pay. I have been very satisfied with Yola
and would like to continue having a relationship with you.

Sincerely,

Melinda Pillsbury-Foster”

The support team member told me I would hear from their Abuse
Department within three days. In less than three days all 45 sites
had been removed from the Internet.

Laura's new site, mostly plagiarized from other, uncited sources, until you get to the bottom when the spelling and grammar are obviously Laura's, is a pathetic whine from a group of highly abusive individuals who are not succeeding in their attempts to intimidate and silence me, after victimizing me in every imaginable way.

On line, I began to find libelous charges posted by the
Manchesters. These included the charge I had a sexual relationship
with my disabled son, and charges I was fleeing warrants in five
states.
I also found this posted as 'proof' of wrongdoing on my part. I
have no idea who Fern Anderson is. The only accounts I had on Yola
were in a single account. However, the truth and the Manchesters are
not even nodding acquaintances. They make up what ever works to
achieve their goal.

In the salutation in the email above one name is whited out. The
name has to be short.
Why would Yola, Inc. have consented to do a search of sites on
behalf of Laura, Alex, and another person? One name which would fit
there is 'Craig.'

Craig Franklin, my former husband, is a sexual predator who lied
to me, battered and abused me while we were married. DECLARATION,
Ayn Pillsbury All of the children witnessed these abuses.

I knew, having received word of his involvement, Craig had been
contacted by Laura, providing her with the names and contact
information for numbers of my friends and children.

Craig is an ugly character.

His first sexual arousal took place with his sister when she was
12 years of age. He was some years older. This was reported both to
myself and to Anne Fisher, a woman he dated for some years after our
divorce.
Fisher first contacted me in 2003 and again emailed me in 2009
with the news Craig's son, Jonathan Scott Franklin had been arrested.
At that time Anne and I began talking frequently, these
conversations continuing for over a year during which time she sent
me copies of emails and photos along with other evidence.

Craig reported to Fisher one of his first memories was being
beaten by his mother with a Bible late one night. Mrs. Franklin was
dressed in a revealing nightgown and immediately afterward had sex
with his father with their bedroom door open. Both Fisher and I had
each been told the same stories many years separated in time.

After the divorce I discovered Craig's sexual fantasies focused
on the rape of young girls with whom he had a close, familiar
relationship. This realization began with this
magazine, which focused on incest. It was found by a private
investigator I hired to ascertain his address for purpose of service
of process. He saw Craig deposit the bag of trash at his condo,
waited until Craig lumbered off, and grabbed it. The bag was first
opened on my dining room table.

Along with it was a receipt from an adult bookstore on State
Street in Santa Barbara. His name is very visibly on the receipt
which was tucked into the book, found in the bag.

Craig's son from his first marriage, Jonathan Scott Franklin, was
found guilty on May 27, 2010. An article appearing in the Appeal
Democrat was quoted as saying about the conviction, “
Jonathan Scott Franklin was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years to life
for hiring a "hit man" to kill his estranged wife in
Marysville and her boyfriend — a sentence that came after the woman
said that unless he was locked up, Franklin would try to find her.

Kathleen Franklin, 35, said on a videotape played in Yuba
County Superior Court that she suffered a decade of verbal abuse from
Franklin before his arrest last July as he drove away from a meeting
with an undercover officer posing as a hit man.

Kathleen Franklin said that after she filed for divorce,
Jonathan Franklin quoted e-mails she had written. She said she
learned he'd installed spyware to steal her passwords and made video
recordings of her through the webcam on her computer.

"I was just terrified to be around him," she said,
recalling how one evening two Marysville police officers spoke with
her and said, "We don't know how to tell you this, but your
husband has hired a hit man to kill you."

Craig's
reaction to the arrest of his son was to immediately attempt to gain
unsupervised visitation to his grand-daughter, then eight years of
age. The child's mother told me during a phone conversation Franklin
ignored his grandson, who was two years older, focusing his attention
on the young girl. The court denied Franklin visitation because,
according to the mother, his behavior toward the girl was
inappropriate.

I
realized then why Craig had asked me to marry him. I had three
daughters, all beautiful and all of the age which he found most
sexually arousing.

Franklin
insisted on adopting all of my children, ensuring my former husband,
Ron Foster, would be out of the picture. He insisted Ron cede his parental rights and immediately named the children as his
natural heirs.
Only after the marriage had ended did I realize how ugly his
behavior had been. One of my daughters came to me and told me he had
routinely exposed himself to her when I was absent from the home.

Craig
took his attorney, Jacqueline Misho, into the family home before
informing me of his intentions and allowed her to steal his Will.
Only because this
copy was later found in my graphics books do I have a copy today.
Misho also stole my personal papers, which was both a violation of
law and ethics.

In
late January I put up a site and began fighting back with the truth.
Evidently, the Manchesters, Craig, and their co-conspirators were not
prepared for this.

Laura
copies Franklin on the ugly, slanderous, and harassing emails with
which she continues to hammer me.

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theduchessofmanchester@yahoo.com

Apr 29 (5 days ago)

to me, morgangell, proctor, craig, lmontymont, Serious

Melinda,
BY the way Running for president.......
Makes YOU
a public figure.
Alex and I are not a public figure???

While
YOU are legally Blind and Defrauding our Government isn't going to
work......

YOU are a public figure.....That does leave lots
of room for discussion and YOUR history.......

Melinda WHY
don't you talk about all of your X husbands?

To much info to
speak of but many years of trash on you there! When you put my phone
number and address on the internet many people had a lot to
say!

CRAIG was not the only man you had many years
with........

YOUR classmates account you did on me is
being watched then we are going to post where the email comes
from..........YOU
Everyone knows. The authorities are being
told everything and I have everything you have said about us our
family!

AND your EXTORTION! YOU did nothing but
stalk us...Alex had NO idea how to stop you from calling........NO
one knows how to stop you from YOUR Psycho behavior.

Phycko
DO not know when to stop! That is YOU!

OH BY the way tell
your new BFF WENDY she has to report her financial to the CPS Wendy
refuses to tell them how much BACK pay and all her pay she has
received from the trust for HER kids..........We are going to court
to have her money cut off the courts will see her as a fraud. And
the fact we have not seen the children since the DAY she finally got
the children from the courts.
After Wendy did drug and alcohol
testing ORDERED by the courts.......Many letters were sent to the
judge because they found WENDY a unfit mother......That the naked
photos of her also were shocking and very serious
decision........Alex was in the hospitol at this time she got
custody because he really had a serious surgery......He was in the
hospitol for a YEAR! I stayed with him!

Yes the Duke
and Duchess of Manchester would have got the children but Alex was
in the hospitol at the time.

ALEX has Half custody!
Not
like YOU stated that Alex lost Custody! Wendy won't let The children
near Alex. Wendy sold her kids out for quick cash!
Wendy knows
Alex never married Marion Mary his mother has told everyone!
His
brother is retracting on his statement!
The documents are fake! I
have done my research!
That is real Journalism........

I
have his email YOU don't!

GO and FIX your own LIfe and
family!
AT Your age you did this all to yourself!

Sent
via BlackBerry from T-Mobile

Melinda Pillsbury-Foster

Apr 29 (4 days ago)

to theduchessofma., bcc: Morgan, bcc: craig

Laura,

You do not have my
medical records, or access to those. Go ahead, keep telling
lies about me using information supplied to you by sources which
have no direct knowledge of these matters. Morgan never received my
disability information so those were not sent. At the time I
did not have copies of my medical examinations, taken before I
qualified for disability. At my last eye examination I was
warned I would likely not qualify for a driver's license again.
Special tests were needed to even fit me with the maximum correction
so I could continue to drive last year.

Regarding the
divorce: As is true of all examinations done for purposes of
legal action the divergence between the two sides is often vast.
It was in my case - which is why the court failed to acknowledge I
am disabled. Now, that has been noted by the appropriate
agencies. It was not a matter of paperwork. The tests
were objective.

I never said I was entirely blind and
that was not the basis for the award of disability. That was
based on other multiple issues. Together, these make me very
much disabled. As I am Arthur's caretaker, 24/7, no one could
expect me to hold a regular job.

What is your
disability? Why aren't you out there working so your disabled
husband does not have to look for a job at Walmart? Very
thoughtless of you. In fact, you should be required to find
work as you have no obvious or documented disabilities.

Both
of you are public figures. Being titled makes you a public
figure. You have held yourself out as such and the notorious
behavior exhibited by Alex over decades makes this doubly so for
him. Morgan is also a very, very public figure.

The
emails you send are harassment. You have been told to cease
contacting me. I suggest you stop sending emails.

theduchessofmanchester@yahoo.com

Apr 29 (4 days ago)

to me

Dear Melinda,

Why don't you
take down the sites on us.
We will call a truce and move on to a
nice summer like normal people.

Sincerely

END
OF EMAILS -

The
emails are a fabric of lies, slanders of myself, Raye, my son,
Arthur, and Wendy, Montagu's former wife and the mother of his two
children.

Laura
Montagu contacted Craig Franklin. The Montagus and Craig and,
perhaps, others cooperated to deprive me of sites which represent
years of work on my part. They then accused me of of harassment and
cyberstalking, having threatened my life and charged me with
unnatural behavior.

Today,
May 22nd, there are eight more ugly messages from Alex
Montagu on my phone which I have not yet had time to copy to be made
available on this website. Alex makes a point of calling during my
radio show, and during Raye's show as well. This is done
intentionally to interfere with our livelihoods.

Don't
hold your breath for any documentation of the specious charged from
'the ducal couple.' It will never happen because there is none.

I
refuse to be destroyed silently. I will fight back and I will have
the truth known.

As long as those without conscience get what they want
through intimidation none of us are safe. I will not be intimidated
and I will have justice.

Monday, May 21, 2012

Always a classy fellow, Alex borrowed money from Raye for several purposes during the months we were working to assist him with what he described as the "outrageous lies told by the greedy media." One such wire transfer took place in October to pay his expenses in filing for a divorce from Laura, his wife. We will be putting up the records for loans, sending and receipt, as soon as Raye has a moment.

The filing was electronically filed, dated October 18, 2011. 02:23:34PM, Case No. D-11-454022-D. The email is provably that of the Duke of Manchester. Laura is, according to Alex, not pregnant. On page 4 Alex notes she will be taking back her maiden name, Smith.

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Laura, presently styling herself as 'Duchess of Manchester," posts at the blog from which the comment at the bottom of this post was copied. She clearly authored the comment.

Read the previous Post on this site for the longer answer to the question she poses on 'why would the Duke of Manchester go through an expensive divorce...'.

Family Values' appears to have a very interesting meaning in the minds of the Duke and Duchess.

To answer the question below in short form, Alex filed for divorce and served papers on Wendy in December of 2006 so he could extort alimony and child support from Wendy. He had joined dating sites some months previously and quickly moved his present 'duchess' into the family home to assist him as he continued the brain washing process on the children.

Duke Alex claimed to be destitute.

In court he was found to have, in his possession, funds amounting to nearly a million dollars which he had attempted to hide. Don't for a moment think this was money earned. It appears to have come from the sale of the Manchester Jewels, another loss for the heritage of his formerly respected family.

Back in court, Alex sat on the stand continuing his claims to be destitute. However, at least one of his bank accounts was located and he was confronted there by Wendy's attorney with written documentation, obtained through subpoena of his bank, with his own account information.

What followed will soon be available here through the transcript. If you are a journalist, and are researching the Manchesters, contact us and we will provide the files immediately.

Alex's 'medical needs' were not caused by injuries but by his various expenditures for cosmetic surgery, including, according to Wendy, a colon reduction to help him reduce his growing weight.

This surgery took place at Tri-City Regional Medical Center. Alex had a bypass, which he told his wife, Wendy, was 'back surgery.' Since the family medical insurance was obtained through Wendy's employer the only source for this elective surgery would have been the funds from sale of the Manchester Jewels.

Alexander, Duke of Manchester, wanted to keep all the assets from a fraudulent marriage while forcing his victim to pay for the doubtful privilege of having been victimized. This is Family Values, Manchester Style.

Here is what Laura is REALLY saying, "Why did you have to point out what Alex did? It would have been so much more convenient for us is you would shut up."

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

March 12 - On the day before the arraignment of Alexander, Duke of Manchester for passing bad checks took place in Las Vegas he placed a call to Child Protective Services in Orange County, California making a charge his daughter, Ashley, had called, telling him her mother, Wendy, was constantly drunk. He also called the police and asked they do a welfare check. Wendy believes the report was made as a form of harassment. The following events are documented, providing the back story for this report.

March 13 Alexander's arraignment took place in the Las Vegas, Court 8, in front of Judge William
D. Jansen, Department 5. This resulted in his being bound over for pretrial to take place July
18th. An attorney appeared for Montagu. The court provided contact information for the attorney who is Steve Goldstein, Half Priced
Lawyers Suite #100, 330 E Charleston Boulevard Las Vegas, NV 89104 Tel: (702) 400-0000.Criminal History for Alexander Montagu, Duke of Manchester

The Duke's past criminal history appeared extensively in Australian papers from 1984 - 1991 ARTICLES at which time he left the country relocating to the United States where he persuaded Wendy Buford to enter into a marriage with him, failing to inform her he had not ended his marriage to Marion Stoner. The Stoner marriage took place March 17, 1984. Certificate

The couple's first child, a boy named Alexander Michael Charles David Drogo Montagu, was born May 13th. Alex asked Wendy to marry him months before but insisted the marriage take place that day because, she said, Alex told her he was in danger of being deported. Immediately after the child's birth the baby was left with Wendy's mother and Wendy was forced to go to Immigration and Naturalization to provide papers proving they were legally married, according to Wendy. This, it turns out, was a fraud as Alexander, still married to Stoner, could not legally marry in the United States or elsewhere. The Stoner divorce took place in 1996. According to emails and the reports of Wendy Montagu, who was unaware she was not legally married, Alex was on the phone frequently with his mother, Lady Mary Montagu, who, insisted a divorce finally take place from Stoner. The divorce became final on October 28, 1996. Dissolution Longer Stoner StoryThere can be no doubt Montagu knew about the tardy divorce from Stoner and that he withheld this information from his then wife, Wendy Buford Montagu. This impacted her legal standing as the wife of a Peer and of her son, Alex Jr., who was not, therefore legitimate. These facts were also withheld from those overseeing the financial matters of the Manchester Trusts by both Alex and his mother, Lady Mary Montagu. Lady Montagu insisted Alex remarry Wendy. This he failed to do. On June 16, 1999 a second child, Ashley Faith Maxine Nell Beatrice Montagu, was born to the couple.This child, because of the failure of their father to repair his marital status, was also illegitimate, though this remained unknown to Wendy or to others they knew until 2009.In the interum Duke Alex had planned and carried out a divorce intended to force Wendy to pay him alimony and child support. If the court had been aware the original marriage was not legitimate no alimony could have been awarded. On November16th, 2006, Montagu took out divorce papers. Wendy was served December 6th at her home, where the couple was still living together as husband and wife. They had just moved again, the 11th such move during their marriage. All of these moves were caused by Montagu's non-payment of the mortgage or rent, which resulted in continuous evictions. On January 5th, 2007 Montagu laid false charges against Wendy, accusing her of drunkenness, and violence.

Alex phoned her work and informed the
other receptionist that he had issued a restraining
order against her. This was followed up with a
call from the sheriffs’ department that this action had been filed
and she would be required to appear in court and answer to
these charges. Alex’s claimed she had chased him
around the house with a knife.

Wendy
was immediately evaluated by court appointed counselors to determine if
she was a fit mother. It was determined she could have
unsupervised visitations with the children during the
divorce proceedings. During the divorce all of the exchanges
......... with the children were at the police station.

After months of investigation, the process extended because of Montagu's continued pleas to the court of his medical problems and lack of counsel, physical custody of the children was awarded to Wendy Buford Montagu.

In August of 2007 the case was heard.

The Judge considered all the reports from CPS, the 730 evaluator and the psychologist.
CPS indicated that they had observed one of the worst cases of Parental
Alienation at the hands of Alex.

August 23 - Alex lost physical custody of the children, where were picked up by their mother, Wendy, with nothing but the pajama’s they were wearing. To this date all of their possessions remain with their father who has not seen either of them since 2009.

August 30th -Marriage between Wendy and Alex Montagu is dissolved, with some issues reserved.

September 21st - Alex marries Laura Ann Smith, a spinster in her 40s whose father was a farmer in Michigan, where she grew up.Laura told us she had grown up in Laguna Beach. This is untrue. She attended Holly High School in Holly, Michigan and was born in that state.

The court ordered Montagu to pay alimony and child support, which he refused to do. He also refused to pay other costs ordered paid by the court. The court papers and transcripts, will be available soon. If you are a journalist now working on an article contact me and these will be made available to you immediately.

The only funds received by Wendy for the support of the children, who were handed over to her without any of their clothing or property, would be from the Monchester Trusts. On June 5th, 2009 Montagu informed the Manchester Trustees he had not been legitimately married to Wendy Buford Montagu and so his children were illegitimate and therefore could not receive payments from the Trusts. For two years the children were left without support to augment their mother's small income from her job as a receptionist.

Alexander believed he would receive the money which had previously provided for his children. This was not to be. The Trustees filed a law suit to clear the way so they could provide payments to the children. The case was heard July 19, 2011 in the High Court of the Chancery, London, on the issue of
the legitimacy of the two children of the non-marriage of Alex Montagu
and Wendy Buford Montagu. Both children were found to have rights as beneficiaries. If you are a journalist presently doing research or writing a story we will send you the court documents, please contact us.

Probable Motive for Montagu's actionsFrom the Manchester Trusts Montagu began to receive payments for his children with the birth of his son, Alex, in 1993. According to Wendy he constantly nagged her to have more children for him. Payments stop when a child turns 18 and since Alex has aged out his existence is ignored by his father. Wendy believes his interest in the children was entirely financial. Now, any attention to the children is focused on his daughter, Ashley, on whose behalf payments are still received from the Manchester Trusts. Report to CPS and the Police March 12 - Police
stopped by the home of Wendy Montagu in Orange County, CA. They told her they were doing a wellfare check, this requested by Alex Montagu. Finding all was well, they left after 20 minutes. Wendy had been making dinner for her children at the time of the police came by. During this period Child Protective Services received a call from Alex Montagu. A file was opened, as is the required protocol. Visits to the family, Wendy and her two children from the marriage to Montagu, took place. Wendy learned of this when a card was left by the social worker on Tuesday, April 24th. Wendy called the social worker and a visit was arranged for the next week, for Wednesday May 2nd. The social worker came to the home, spending time alone with Ashley and talking to Wendy. She then informed Wendy she was very satisfied all was well and was closing the file Alex had caused to be opened. At the time the social worker was in the home the phone rang. Wendy did not answer it. Later, she found a message from Alex informing her CPS had called him and was taking Ashley away from her and he would be receiving physical custody. This statement ignored the fact changes in custody take place through the court and not through CPS. UPDATEOver the last several days the following text messages were received by Wendy Montagu and Ashley Montagu. Ashley has expressed a wish not to have contact with her father as long as he is living with his present wife, Laura. Wendy has to communicate with Alex, as the father of her children. Instead of handling these matters appropriately he evidently has Laura handle communications. If you are a journalist this site is intended as a resource on the Manchesters and their activities. Sign up to receive updates and please share your own research. The text messages are below:

I don't have to explain anything to YOU Laura, bimbo! Why
didn't I go to England?? Well, could it be that I was home with the
kids?? And someone had to work to provide medical insurance? Daddy
Trent? I broke up with him LONG before I was with Alex. You can
leave him out of it. It was the other way around!! Alex BEGGED me to
marry him!! I thought I was going to have a fairy tale wedding, what I
got was far worse!! I can change my name or not, the fact it makes you
crazy pleases me. I have said to you again and again, the financials are
reported to DCSS, not CPS. It just kills the two of you that you have no
idea what the CHILDREN received!! You can stew about that longer, after
all what have you done for them? In 3 years, you disgust me with your
claims of loving them more than anything in the world Alex. The text
messages below Laura to a 12 year old are repulsive and the actual proof of
parental alienation from a parent. CPS visited us last week based on
your outrageous claims. File closed, unfounded! Harassment. You
sent the police to my home in March, they caught me alright!! Cooking
dinner for my children, in my pj's!! Ashley was upstairs in her room
doing her homework!! They asked Ash a few questions and again cleared
me. Told me they had no intention of calling you back and playing into
your childish games!! And yet you both continue to say they are coming after
me and I'm in trouble?? Well, I've heard that for years now haven't I?
What must it be like in your world? I will be opening a file with CPS, I
hadn't before since it's not like he exercises his rights to visit!! Why
do I claim to have custody Laura??? Because I have full physical custody
that's why!! You simply look at Ashley as a dollar figure at this point
Alex! You don't even know her!! Laura your brain has turned to
mush! You have facts in front of you and refuse to believe. But
then you have no other choice, you are stuck with him. No one else will
take you. You really show a lot of class Laura!
NOT

Subject: Texts to
Ash

I think during her texts with Ash she
thinks I take over the phone and she starts talking to me….Laura is saying
this to a 12 year old, but then they claim I’ve alienated them from the kids?

------ SMS Text ------

From: NUMBER

Sent: May 4, 2012 4:16 PM

Subject: laura dad called me telling
me...

laura dad called me telling me that they
were going to get custody then she said f u u fing b and f ur fing
mother

Sent from my Verizon Wireless
BlackBerry

------ SMS Text ------

From: NUMBER

Sent: May 4, 2012 4:50 PM

Subject: FWD: Ok Cps will love that one
xo...

FWD: Ok Cps will love that one xo xo Tell
your mom to do her financial to Cps were all waiting! Melinda putting your
birth certificates on the on the Word wid

Sent from my Verizon Wireless
BlackBerry

------ SMS Text ------

From: NUMBER

Sent: May 4, 2012 4:51 PM

Subject: FWD: e web is Child...

FWD: e web is Child endangerment...and a
Federal Offense.

Sent from my Verizon Wireless
BlackBerry

------ SMS Text ------

From: NUMBER

Sent: May 4, 2012 4:51 PM

Subject: FWD: We do have custody...

FWD: We do have custody...Why did your
MOM say Alex lost custody? ON a International News article Strange?:)

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Alex kicked Laura, his duchess out and she told me she was heading to Michigan to change her life and take up her real identity. I told her I would stop exposing her. Then, she attacked me again. Bad move, Laura.

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As you read through the sites below you will see references to sites where Laura spends her time posting historical information on the honorable history of the Manchesters. The family lost their wealth several generations ago and today the Duke lives on a tiny stipend which barely supports a lower middle class life style.

This is pathetic, not because they lost their wealth, that happens to people who are honorable every day.

However, to focus on the past instead of attempting to restore the family's honor is sad beyond belief.

For Alex, projecting a semblance of past wealth and stature is necessary for continuing his career as a con-artist. Alex has lived on converting the reputation of his ancestors to money, goods, and services extracted under false pretenses most of his life.

For Laura, the motive is her wish to be someone who matters.

The only things which mean anything to Laura are wealth and status, to which she, herself, has no claim except for her marriage to Alexander.

Today Laura is in her early 50s, a sad and aging woman with nothing in her life but fantasies from someone else's past.

When you read her sites remember this and pray for her. Her relationship with Alexander, 13th Duke of Manchester has cost her everything in life that lasts - and matters.